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Key highlights: CIVICUS at 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
CIVICUS
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News 23 July 2025 The 59th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council ran from 16 June to 9 July 2025, resulting in 25 Resolutions, one technical decision, and 14 Universal Period Review adoptions. The session included interactive panels,...
Assessing infrastructure readiness for scaling digital cash transfers toward ending poverty
The Brookings Institution
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Toggle section navigation Sections Print Follow the authors Homi Kharas John W. McArthur Jacob Taylor See More Summary Noting the significant major recent disruptions in global development policies and practice, unconditional digital cash...
Kicking it old school: Why these childhood friends never want to stop playing soccer together
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 28, 2025
CBC Ottawa's Creator Network is a place where young digital storytellers from diverse backgrounds can produce original video content to air on CBC and tell stories through their own lens. Get in touch to pitch your idea, or check out our other...
The Fraudulent Peace Accord between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda signed in Washington DC, June 2025
Black Agenda Report
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Campbell interrogates the recent DRC-Rwanda peace accord brokered in the US which he terms fraudulent; and poses the question: can the US and Qatar support peace in Africa amidst the militarization of the continent? Originally published in...
Indigenous firm Dutylex partners with Petro-Canada Lubricants to expand footprint in Africa
MyJoyOnline
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July 25, 2025
Indigenous firm, Dutylex, has defied all odds to become a Pan-African firm with its ambition of becoming a household name on the African continent. Founded by its Chief Executive Officer, Peter Quarm, the Ghana-based lubricant solutions company...
Government, EU Partner to Establish Rwanda as Regional Public Health Leader
KT Press Rwanda
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July 25, 2025
1 Rwanda, in partnership with the European Union and the Team Europe Initiative, has launched the TRIBE-HUB Project, a major initiative aimed at advancing the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC)’s role as a Regional Centre of Excellence (CoE) in public...
Payment Automation Hacks: Best Practices to Streamline & Scale Your AP Processes
CFO Dive
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Chinese nationals fined R400k for abalone worth almost R2m
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 25, 2025
Police discovered 8 136 units of abalone on the premises where the Chinese nationals were illegally processing them. What was supposed to be a drug bust in Douglas, Northern Cape, turned into the interception of an abalone processing operation...
Better Results, Less Stress: How to Get the Insights You Need Without a Costly ERP
CFO Dive
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Hospitals first, schools next: Inside South Africa’s growing anti-foreigner movement
IOL
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Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published 21 hours ago 8min Hospitals today, schools and spaza shops are next. That's the warning from a group of illegal enforcers determined to drive foreigners out of the country. As anti-foreigner sentiment sweeps across...
Hospitals first, schools next: Inside South Africa’s growing anti-foreigner movement
IOL
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Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published 13 hours ago 8min Hospitals today, schools and spaza shops are next. That's the warning from a group of illegal enforcers determined to drive foreigners out of the country. As anti-foreigner sentiment sweeps across...
Pak students marvel at Xinjiang during SCO expedition
The Nation
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July 24, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Dressed in her traditional Balochi attire, Aidah stood out as a vibrant symbol of cultural exchange during the recent “Discover SCO - Explore Magnificent Xinjiang” learning expedition held recently. The event brought together 100...
The case for nuclear energy II
Zimbabwe Independent
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Climate change has impacted the performance of hydro-electricity, resulting in reduced and erratic power generation from water resources. THIS is an appendage to the first instalment on the importance of adding nuclear energy capacity to the grid....
New species discovered in Congo: rainbow-coloured fish found in stagnant water
MARCA
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July 24, 2025
In a temporary pond, far from being a permanent feature, a new rainbow-coloured fish has been found. What seemed to be an inhospitable place, with little life, has turned out to be home to a new species. Scientists inspecting the area for...
Nigerian Passport Rates 88th In Global Rankings
The Will
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July 25, 2025
July 25, (THEWILL) — The Nigerian passport has been ranked 88th out of 99 countries on the latest Henley Passport Index, released on July 18. Nigeria shares the 88th position with Ethiopia and Myanmar, the same countries Nigeria was grouped with...
Cyprus Business Now: tourism, energy, global wealth list, Limassol beaches
Cyprus Mail
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July 23, 2025
Cyprus generated €3.2 billion from tourism in 2024 as traveller numbers rose, with Paphos ranked as the island’s top destination, according to a report released on Tuesday by the statistical service. Specifically, total arrivals reached 6,285,427...
Inside East Africa's mult - sector push towards a cashless future
The Citizen
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What’s Visa’s strategy to expand digital payments in East Africa? If you consider the current landscape of financial inclusion globally, mobile has become the dominant enabler. Mobile phone penetration is now at approximately 90 percent across the...
Geo-Economic Gamechanger: Washington’s New Strategy for Africa
Morocco World News
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July 23, 2025
Geoeconomics, defined as the use of economic instruments to achieve geopolitical goals, has become a central element of states’ foreign policy. States use a wide range of geo-economic tools, from trade policy to sanctions, investment, cyberspace,...
AFRODAD pushes for fair debt ratings
Daily Nation
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July 24, 2025
By BUUMBA CHIMBULU THE African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) has underscored the urgent need to reform global credit rating agencies and their methodologies, calling it a critical step toward fairer assessments of African...
Youth, take note-Kwala Dry Port needs you now
Daily News Tanzania
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July 24, 2025
THE dusty grounds of Kwala in Tanzania’s Coast Region are about to become some of the most valuable square metres in East and Central Africa. Why? Because the long-anticipated Kwala Dry Port is nearing launch and with it, the economic engine is...